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Commentary by Jeff Commings<\/i><\/p>\n

TUCSON \u2013 A lot of collegiate conference championships are taking place this week across the United States, and, for all the wrong reasons, the one that is at the forefront of my mind is the Colonial Athletic Association\u2019s championships.<\/p>\n

The College of Charleston swimming teams, conference champions in 2008, 2009 and 2012, will start the meet tomorrow with a heavy heart, as it will be the final competition for the school\u2019s swimming and diving programs. Though the teams\u2019 existence after this season had been set in stone since the athletic department announced the cut last November<\/a>, a group of very dedicated alumni did everything in their power through the winter to keep the program running.<\/p>\n

At issue was the campus pool where the team trains and holds swim meets. The Stern Center pool was in need of more than $1.5 million in repairs, more than the university felt was necessary to keep a Division I program alive. The community rallied by trying to raise money and support to build a new pool, but that did not reach the needed goal. Last weekend, the athletic department told the swimmers, divers, coaches and team supporters that all appeals to save the programs have run out, and Saturday will be the last day a swimmer will officially represent the College of Charleston. The only good news is that the athletes keep their scholarships.<\/p>\n

Bailey Clark, a 2010 graduate, had this to say about the news:<\/p>\n

I am disappointed in the college \u2013 they let their students, alumni and community down. The hardest part is that we still have no clear explanation as to why such a successful program has been cut. Even when we provided numerous solutions to the college\u2019s administration for reinstatement, our efforts have gone unfounded.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s heartbreaking for me to come to terms with this decision \u2013 to think that all the experiences I was lucky enough to have with this program, all the valuable life lessons I learned, and the familial bonds I still have with those I shared that pool with, have been erased from the realm of possibility for others, truly saddens me. And, what\u2019s worse is that this will continue to be a problem across the country, not only for swimming and diving, but for other Olympic sports as well. The bigger picture here is the corrupt world of college athletics, and this needs to be a wake up call — something has to change.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though Charleston\u2019s swimming and diving teams do not make an impact on the national scale, the team seems to be one of the saving graces for local swimmers looking to compete for a Division I college team in their home state. Looking at this year\u2019s roster, nine of the men and seven of the women hail from South Carolina. Five come from neighboring states North Carolina and Georgia. While these kids would still have had options if the College of Charleston didn\u2019t exist, the reduction of options by one is heartbreaking and unnecessary. And to widen the scope to the entire nation, every time a collegiate swimming and diving team is cut, no matter its level of success, it makes every<\/i> collegiate swimming and diving program vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Times are indeed tough for collegiate sports (Click here to learn more<\/a>) and swimming and diving is always in the crosshairs. Athletic directors will be facing increasing expenses very soon as football and basketball athletes will start demanding a paycheck. A revamp of the NCAA scholarship structure will be a major burden on the bottom line. An average swimming and diving team could cost an athletic department an additional $1 million each year. Since most collegiate swimming and diving programs do not earn enough money each year to be self-sustaining, these program tend to be at the top of the list when cutbacks are required.<\/p>\n

If you are an athlete or coach on a collegiate swimming and diving team that has won NCAA titles, or has a decades-long streak of conference championships, don\u2019t think that what\u2019s happening to the College of Charleston won\u2019t happen to you \u2013 unless your team has a hefty endowment that pretty much guarantees survival. When this season started, the 48 swimmers and divers at the College of Charleston didn\u2019t think it would happen to them. Neither did the men\u2019s team at UCLA in 1994 after placing in the top five at the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have an immediate solution to the problem. Money is a pretty good Band-Aid, as USA Swimming and the CSCAA are doing<\/a>, but what amount will keep the problem at bay? Signing petitions shows that there is support, but they rarely sway opinion. We can come up with a solution, one that will keep athletic directors from writing \u201cswimming and diving\u201d at the top of their execution lists.<\/p>\n

Need some motivation to join the cause? Think about the Charleston freshmen about to swim in their first and only conference championship this week. <\/p>\n

David Rieder contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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